Burger King

Burger King (BK for short) is an American chain of fast food restaurants that comes from the United States.^[4] It sells hamburgers, french fries, and soft drinks. It was created in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton.^[5] Edgerton bought a restaurant named Insta Burger King and changed it to Burger King. More than 34,000 people work for the company.

Burger King

Logo since December 21, 2020
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Restaurants
Genre	Fast food restaurant
Predecessor	Insta-Burger King
Founded	Insta-Burger King: 1953; 72 years ago (1953) Jacksonville, Florida Burger King: 1954; 71 years ago (1954) Miami, Florida
Founder	Insta-Burger King: Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns Burger King: David Edgerton and James McLamore
Headquarters	5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Number of locations	17,796 (2018)
Area served	Global
Key people	Alexandre Behring (Chairman RBI)[1]: 123  Daniel S. Schwartz (CEO)[1]: 123  José E. Cil (President)[1]: 123  Joshua Kobza (CFO)[1]: 123
Products	Hamburgers chicken french fries soft drinks milkshakes salads desserts breakfast Whopper
Revenue	1,970,000,000 United States dollar (2012)
Net income	117,700,001 United States dollar (2012)
Parent	Restaurant Brands International
Website	www.bk.com
Footnotes / references [2][3]

There are more than 18,000 Burger King restaurants world-wide in 100 countries, and almost all of them are franchises.^[6] But in Australia, since the name "Burger King" was already trademarked there, BK franchises there are called Hungry Jack's.

Burger King is owned mostly by 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment company. But it is also owned by shareholders and used to publicly trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BKW.^[7] In 2014, the chain's operations was merged with that of Tim Hortons from Canada, under the name Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR).^[8] Burger King is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain.